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elastosis

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elastosis [i‚la′stō·səs]
(medicine)
Retrogressive change in elastic tissue.
Retrogressive change in cutaneous connective tissue resulting in excessive amounts of material which give the staining reactions for elastin.
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This is due to tissue damage, which is called solar elastosis.
How Sunlight Can Be Healthy and Harmful to Your Skin? by Semul Johnson / Food/cooking/nutrition community
As for the mechanism of solar elastosis, increased elastin mRNA levels resulting from transcriptional up-regulation of the gene have been reported.
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Reaktif perforan kollajenozda transepidermal olarak kollajen, elastosis perforans serpinjinozada elastik doku, kazanilmis perforan dermatozda ise nekrotik materyal (bazen reaktif perforan kollajenozda oldugu gibi kollajen, daha nadir olarak elastozis perforans serpinjinozada oldugu gibi elastik doku) dermisten transepidermal olarak perfore olur.
Resistant leg ulcers in a patient with sarcoidosis/Sarkoidozlu bir ... by Ozkaya, Dilek Biyik / Archives of the Turkish Dermatology and Venerology
 
 
 
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